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      MattSpeller @Dashrender
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      @Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

      @dbeato said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

      @Dashrender You stole my link 🙂
      http://www.mobihealthnews.com/12503/why-doctors-pagers-still-trump-smartphones

      176 square miles of coverage for a single pager tower.

      holy crap!

      Pagers are great old tech

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        Dashrender @MattSpeller
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        @MattSpeller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

        @Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

        @dbeato said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

        @Dashrender You stole my link 🙂
        http://www.mobihealthnews.com/12503/why-doctors-pagers-still-trump-smartphones

        176 square miles of coverage for a single pager tower.

        holy crap!

        Pagers are great old tech

        So my question is - why didn't they build receivers for that old tech into modern cell phones? If a AA can last 3-4 weeks, then having that antenna there and software listening for it shouldn't put much strain on the system... perhaps there isn't room? /sigh

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          MattSpeller @Dashrender
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          @Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

          @MattSpeller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

          @Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

          @dbeato said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

          @Dashrender You stole my link 🙂
          http://www.mobihealthnews.com/12503/why-doctors-pagers-still-trump-smartphones

          176 square miles of coverage for a single pager tower.

          holy crap!

          Pagers are great old tech

          So my question is - why didn't they build receivers for that old tech into modern cell phones? If a AA can last 3-4 weeks, then having that antenna there and software listening for it shouldn't put much strain on the system... perhaps there isn't room? /sigh

          Because pagers don't send - that's why it works so good. Two way ones do exist though.

          http://www.explainthatstuff.com/howpagerswork.html

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            Dashrender @MattSpeller
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            @MattSpeller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

            @Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

            @MattSpeller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

            @Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

            @dbeato said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

            @Dashrender You stole my link 🙂
            http://www.mobihealthnews.com/12503/why-doctors-pagers-still-trump-smartphones

            176 square miles of coverage for a single pager tower.

            holy crap!

            Pagers are great old tech

            So my question is - why didn't they build receivers for that old tech into modern cell phones? If a AA can last 3-4 weeks, then having that antenna there and software listening for it shouldn't put much strain on the system... perhaps there isn't room? /sigh

            Because pagers don't send - that's why it works so good. Two way ones do exist though.

            http://www.explainthatstuff.com/howpagerswork.html

            You don't care about sending - use SMS to send. and if it doesn't work.. so what? It's receiving the message that's more important for critical messages. But I suppose that's the issue. pagers work by calling a phone number and typing in a phone number - or emailing a gateway address, which then converts to a pager outgoing message.

            I wonder if two page pagers use the pager system or the SMS system?

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              MattSpeller @Dashrender
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              @Dashrender I believe they do send on the pager system, not SMS. Again we're talking about a very simple relay system - there's no confirmation it worked either way.

              Cellphones don't have them as it's an additional radio + additional cost etc.

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                Dashrender @MattSpeller
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                @MattSpeller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                @Dashrender I believe they do send on the pager system, not SMS. Again we're talking about a very simple relay system - there's no confirmation it worked either way.

                Cellphones don't have them as it's an additional radio + additional cost etc.

                Yet most if not all cellphones have FM receivers, just they are disabled in the USA. 😞 I'd gladly give up the FM for a pager receiver instead for critical messages. Though - how would that work? would you need a separate phone number?

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                  MattSpeller @Dashrender
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                  @Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                  @MattSpeller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                  @Dashrender I believe they do send on the pager system, not SMS. Again we're talking about a very simple relay system - there's no confirmation it worked either way.

                  Cellphones don't have them as it's an additional radio + additional cost etc.

                  Yet most if not all cellphones have FM receivers, just they are disabled in the USA. 😞 I'd gladly give up the FM for a pager receiver instead for critical messages. Though - how would that work? would you need a separate phone number?

                  Presumably yes, however they're phasing out the paging network everywhere so there's not much point looking into it

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                    scottalanmiller
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                    Netflix is showing ads now?

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                      Dashrender @scottalanmiller
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                      @scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                      Netflix is showing ads now?

                      when? during shows?

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                        scottalanmiller @Dashrender
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                        @Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                        @scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                        Netflix is showing ads now?

                        when? during shows?

                        Saw one before the show started. And the ad had nudity!

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                          Dashrender @scottalanmiller
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                          @scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                          @Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                          @scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                          Netflix is showing ads now?

                          when? during shows?

                          Saw one before the show started. And the ad had nudity!

                          huh what show?

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                            Dashrender
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                            frankly I'm amazed it took this long for them to bring in ads.

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                              scottalanmiller @Dashrender
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                              @Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                              @scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                              @Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                              @scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                              Netflix is showing ads now?

                              when? during shows?

                              Saw one before the show started. And the ad had nudity!

                              huh what show?

                              Club de Cuervos

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                                dbeato @scottalanmiller
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                                @scottalanmiller Strange because of this:

                                https://help.netflix.com/en/node/1891
                                http://www.talentzoo.com/beyond-madison-ave/blog_news.php?articleID=13689

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                                  scottalanmiller
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                                  Strange. Maybe it was part of the show?

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                                    scottalanmiller
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                                    Maybe it is part of the show, but so incredibly disconnected that I'm still not sure.

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                                      hobbit666
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                                      Waiting for my lift to work .........

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                                        scottalanmiller @hobbit666
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                                        @hobbit666 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                        Waiting for my lift to work .........

                                        As in a carpool to the office, or the elevator is broken?

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                                          scottalanmiller @dbeato
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                                          @dbeato said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                          @scottalanmiller Strange because of this:

                                          https://help.netflix.com/en/node/1891
                                          http://www.talentzoo.com/beyond-madison-ave/blog_news.php?articleID=13689

                                          Turns out it was part of the show but done in a really stupid way.

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                                            scottalanmiller
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                                            Getting ready to head to breakfast at VeeamOn.

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